Roger Godsiff

Roger Godsiff (28 June 1946-) was the Labour Party MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath from 9 April 1992 to 6 May 2010 (succeeding Denis Howell) and for Birmingham Hall Green from 7 May 2010 to 6 November 2019 (succeeding Steve McCabe).

Biography
Roger Godsiff was born in Lewisham, London, England on 28 June 1946, and he worked as a bank clerk from 1965 to 1970 and joined the Labour Party in 1966. He went on to become a political officer for the trade union APEX, and he served on the Borough Council of Lewisham from 1971 to 1990 before being elected to Parliament in 1992 as the MP for Birmingham Small Heath. He was controversial for his calls to curb immigration, for missing 88% of votes in 2011 and 50% of parliamentary debates during the entirety of his service, and for opposing gay rights, for which he was denied renomination in 2019.